Our Symphony Concertmaster, Vivian Kung, won the Philharmonic Society's Orange County Youth Symphony (OCYS) Concerto Competition ​playing Paganini's Concerto no.1 in D major! Congratulations Vivian! She will perform with the orchestra in March of 2018. Below is a video of her performance of the work in a Masterclass with Nicholas Mann, courtesy of the MusiShare Young Artists Program (MSYAP).

Congratulations to Academy student Audrey Ma (age 7) who won First Place in the Instrumental Prodigy category in the Southern California Philharmonic Young Artists Competition! She will be performing Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto with SCP on March 3rd @ 7pm (location TBA).

AUDREY MA began her violin studies at the age of four with Mrs. Chika Wie through the Suzuki Method, and for the past three years has been a member of the Suzuki String Academy of Community Youth Orchestra of Southern California. She has appeared as a solo performer with the CYOSC Sinfonietta and the St. Margaret's Summer Music Festival Orchestra, both under the direction of Mr. Gene Wie. As part of her ongoing musical training, she has participated in performance classes taught by distinguished teachers including William Fitzpatrick, Kerstin Wartberg, Charles Krigbaum, and Eric Chin of the Telegraph String Quartet. Audrey is currently in first grade at a public elementary school in Irvine, and her hobbies include piano, soccer, reading, and visual art.

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Community Youth Orchestra of Southern California

Community Youth Orchestra of Southern California is a City of Irvine-based 501(c)3 non-profit arts education organization. Founded in 1989, for over twenty-five years we have offered a diverse range of musical training and community service programs for instrumentalists of all ages and ability levels. We rehearse and perform at Community Centers throughout the City of Irvine, and sponsor professional development for emerging teachers.

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Email: staff@cyosc.orgEmail is our primary method of communication. Due to our small office staff size, at this time we are unable to provide services over the phone.